April 9th-11th, 2021
–Online-
Join us online this April for a weekend retreat as we continue with the Spring Training Period. We will begin with evening Zazen on Friday, have a full day of practice on Saturday and conclude with Zazenkai on Sunday. Take this opportunity to maintain and deepen your practice. We encourage you to try to adhere to as much of the schedule as you are committing to. Online retreats require some extra commitment as we must self-direct much of our practice. But the rewards are just as great.
We begin Friday April 9th with an evening block of zazen:
5:55pm to 8:45pm: Zazen
On Saturday April 10th will be four broadcast blocks throughout the day:
4:55am – 6:55am: Choka and zazen
10:25am to 11:55am: Zazen
1:55pm to 4pm: Dharma Talk and Zazen
5:55pm to 8:45pm: Zazen
On Sunday April 11th there will be two broadcast blocks to conclude our weekend:
4:55am – 6:30am: Choka and zazen
7:55am to 10:00am: Zazenkai: chanting, zazen, short talk, q&a
Drop-in attendance is allowed at all events on Friday and Saturday with masks required. There are no public events on Sunday. At this time we still are not able to allow for residency or shared meals. We encourage people to come for the samu period from 8:15am-10am. Please see the website for details or contact us with any questions.
Dharma Talks will be from Torei Enji’s Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp of the Zen School. Download a free PDF of it here (45MB pdf). An archive of previous talks can be found here: Torei zenji’s Discourse talks.
Some suggestions and procedure for getting the most out of a virtual sesshin can be found in our
Guidelines for Virtual Events and Orientation to Virtual Sesshin.
Zoom Link: [event has passed]
Retreat Schedule
Friday, April 9th
| 6:00pm | Uninterrupted Zazen; Kinhin; |
| 7:00pm | Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin; |
| 8:00pm | Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin |
| 8:45pm | Kaichin |
Events in Bold will be streamed. All other events are self-directed
All Bolded events can be attended in-person (masks required). Please contact us for details.
Saturday April 10th
| 5:00am | Choka (Sutras p.3-14); Han; Kinhin |
| 6:00am | Zazen; Zazen |
| 7:00am | Breakfast Break |
| 8:15am | Samu* |
| 10:30am | Zazen Zazen; Kinhin |
| 11:00am | Zazen; |
| 11:55am | Lunch Break |
| 2:00pm | Dharma Talk; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen |
| 4:00pm | Physical/Outside practice |
| 5:00pm | Dinner Break |
| 6:00pm | Uninterrupted Zazen; Kinhin; |
| 7:00pm | Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin |
| 8:00pm | Zazen; Zazen |
| 8:45pm | Kaichin |
Events in Bold will be streamed. All other events are self-directed
Samu and all Bolded events can be attended in-person (masks required). Please contact us for details.
Sunday, April 11th
| 5:00am | Choka (sutras p.3-7,10,12,13); Han; Kinhin |
| 6:00am | Zazen |
| 6:30am | Breakfast break |
| 8:00am | Zazenkai (sutras p.3,10,14) |
| 9:30am | “Tea” – Conversation and questions |
Events in Bold will be streamed. All other events are self-directed
No In-Person events on this day.
Download Sutra book: Virtual Sutra book
To receive the links for the Virtual Events by email: Tahoma Virtual Events mailing list.